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High Point University’s Jewish students shared their culture and traditions by celebrating Hanukkah and Shabbat, now known at HPU as Shabbatukkah, on Dec. 1.

Nearly two years ago, Taylor Caplan stood backstage at Roberts Hall and saw her future in front of her. As president of the Campus Activities Team (CAT), she spent weeks helping put together the concert after another band canceled during the first week of school. In less than a month, members of CAT and the Office of Student Life worked tirelessly to find JOJO & Two Friends and book them for the Fall Concert, an anticipated event every year at High Point University. On a Saturday night, after all that work, she stood backstage and saw hundreds of students crowd onto the lawn of Roberts Hall, ...

Jackson Barnes keeps count of the number of shows he’s been in. He started at age 4 when he found theater at the Arts Academy in High Point. Now, as a junior at High Point University, he hit 65 shows this spring when landed the starring role of Jesus in the university’s production of “Godspell.” He started counting because theater creates something that he calls “magical.” Today, he counts his shows because he sees theater as vital to showing what the world can be. “You never know who is in the audience, what they need or have –– or don’t have,” he says. “You just hope...